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Q&A: Michelle Westley, head of marketing at Brightstar Financial

BestAdvice talks to Brightstar Financial’s head of marketing, Michelle Westley, about opportunities for brokers...

TMA Club partners with Tandem Bank

TMA Club has become the latest club to announce a partnership with specialist lender...

MPowered Mortgages now on HLPartnership panel

MPowered Mortgages has partnered with HLPartnership, the largest independently owned mortgage and protection network...

SimplyBiz Mortgages adds Tandem Bank to panel

SimplyBiz Mortgages has added Tandem Bank to its lender panel, becoming the first major...

Tandem Bank joins Primis panel

Primis Mortgage Network has announced the addition of Tandem Bank to its lender panel. The...

Rob Clifford to join Smaller Business Practitioner Panel

Stonebridge, the national mortgage and insurance network, has welcomed the appointment of Rob Clifford...

Envelop Network unveils later life lending panel

The Envelop Network has introduced a later life lending panel which includes 10 providers. The...

Interest rate uncertainty and cost of living crisis biggest broker concerns

New research from Crystal Specialist Finance has revealed how mortgage brokers view the market...

Finova Payment and Mortgage Services adds StrideUp to panel

Finova Payment and Mortgage Services has partnered with home finance provider, StrideUp, extending the...

Impact Specialist Finance launches semi-exclusive expat product

Impact Specialist Finance has launched a brand-new expat mortgage product with Dudley Building Society. This...

MAB acquires majority shareholding in Auxilium

Mortgage Advice Bureau has acquired a 75% shareholding in the Auxilium Partnership, a specialist...

LV= joins Connect Mortgages’ GI panel

LV= General Insurance (LV= GI) has become the latest insurer to join the Connect...

L&C Mortgages adds Gen H to lender panel

Gen H has partnered with L&C Mortgages to expand its intermediary panel. L&C Mortgages...

eConveyancer partners with The Right DA Club

eConveyancer has launched a panel management partnership with The Right DA Club. The agreement will...

COMMENT

Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

Latest news

First-time buyer squeeze deepens as mortgage rates climb

First-time buyers with small deposits face mounting pressure as average mortgage rates rise and...

Mortgage costs push sales 9% lower

Higher mortgage rates have contributed to a sharper-than-usual summer housing slowdown, with sales agreed...

Access FS appoints Alan Baldwin as compliance director

Access Financial Services has appointed Alan Baldwin as director of compliance as it expands...

Mortgage-backed Swansea auction sale completes in six days

A mortgage-financed property purchase in Swansea has completed six days after the draft contract...

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